Russian Court Postpones Activist's Trial

MOSCOW—The high-profile criminal trial of Russia's best-known opposition activist opened in the Russian city of Kirov on Wednesday and quickly adjourned until April 24.

Opposition activist and anticorruption blogger Alexei Navalny, who led tens of thousands on the streets of Moscow in late 2011 to protest allegedly-rigged parliamentary elections, faces charges that he organized a criminal group to steal roughly $500,000 worth of...